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G/AG/N/URY/42 
6 July 2011 
 (11-3317) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 1 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Uruguay .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant supporting tables) for 2010 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level 
for period in question Currency Current total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
  Below " de minimis " level 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to  Ur$152,971,617,000 (US$7,625,703,740) in  2010, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010  
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 Research 14,004,698 National Budget (data from the 
National Agricultural Research Institute) 
 Extension and advisory serv ices 7,717,539 National Budget 
 
 Pest and disease control and inspection 
services (1) 22,927,196 National Budget and livestock programme 
implementation 
 
(b) Payments under environmental 
 programmes Responsible Production Project (PPR) 7,196, 595 National Budget and PPR implementation 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services  cannot be separated from those on pest a nd disease control;  both are included in the animal and plant health programmes.  The heading includes the 
traceability, animal health and food protection programme. 
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture  3,914,955 (*) National Budget a nd implementation 
of the Rural Uruguay Project 
* Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Pr oject (with external funding from the Intern ational Fund for Agricultural Development , IFAD). 
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product-specific AMS) Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 
below) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff on agricultural inputs (non-product-specific) 35,232,053 0 0 de minimis  
 
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) 
AT PRODUCER PRICES 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
 
 2009  2010  
 
Total agriculture 4,043,003 7,625,704 
 
Crop-farming subsector (excluding forestry) 2,433,405 2,583,886 
 
Fruit 266,033 319,584 
 
 Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 195,724 210,217 
 
Grapes for wine-making and table grapes 70,308 109,367 
 
  
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 2010 Measure type(s) Other 
product-specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details) 
US$ Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
 
US$ Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total 
AMS 
 
 
 
US$ Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized interest 
rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  Sugar  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  Beet  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  Sugar cane  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, tobacco, 
cotton, etc.  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy/ ). 
(2) There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2009.  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2010 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) 
(US$) Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from 
payment of global tariff 
(CET) on imports of 
agricultural inputs from 
non-MERCOSUR 
countries (1)  - 35,232,053 (2) (3) - 35,232,053 Declarations of imports 
effected 
 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy 
and Finance 
(1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent. 
(2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not appl ying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of i nputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
(3) This figure represents 0.42 per cent of the 2010 Gross Va lue of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2010 GVAP amounted to Ur$1 52,971,617,000 (US$7,625,703,740) according to preliminary 
estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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